Saturday, 12 September 2015

CORBYN

I have mixed feelings about Corbyn's triumph: shame,
obviously, that a man with such repugnant associations should be the leader of
a major British political party; embarrassment that the the Labour Party should
have reduced itself to ridicule; excitement at the prospect of some hitherto
unlikely politics; fear that a demagogue will be elected into power in 2020;
but, above all, a kind of melancholy at the sheer stupidity that has brought it
to pass. But, hey, what do I know? I'm just an ageing bloke with a belief in
that old-time liberal democracy. And, ok, I admit, the feelings aren't really that mixed.